Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

Highlights

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Citus Data Poised to Benefit Partners

Here's what the deal can mean for new opportunities in the channel.

Zix Takes Aim at Competitors with AppRiver Acquisition

AppRiver is supported by a 4,500-strong MSP reseller community.

AWS’ CloudEndure Buy Boosts Migration Chops

The deal will add to the cloud giant’s services around backup and disaster recovery.

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Penton Media Acquires Talkin’ Cloud and Nine Lives Media

Mergers and acquisitions are commonplace in the cloud computing market. Now, Talkin’ Cloud is part of that M&A activity. Specifically, Nine Lives Media Inc., creator of Talkin’ Cloud, has been acquired by Penton Media. The Nine Lives business and all of our leading IT channel communities — Talkin’ Cloud, MSPmentor and The VAR Guy — […]

Verizon Acquires CloudSwitch for Cloud Migration Technology

Verizon announced the acquisition of cloud software developer CloudSwitch in a move designed to simplify cloud migrations and boost adoption. Intriguingly, the telecommunications giant plans to integrate CloudSwitch with Terremark, the cloud services provider whose acquisition kicked off Verizon’s 2011. CloudSwitch’s value to Verizon is in its “breakthrough software that enables enterprises to more easily […]

Acquia Expands Drupal Service Offerings Through Acquisitions

Acquia, which provides professional services around Drupal, the very popular open source content management system (CMS), has acquired Drupal migration service provider Cyrve and Growing Venture Solutions (GVS), a provider of Drupal security services. Thanks to what each acquisition brings to the table, Acquia is now able to offer Acquia Migration Services and Acquia Security Services. Both new offerings are also […]

Windstream to Acquire VoIP Provider PAETEC for $2.3 Billion

IT solution provider Windstream has reached an agreement to acquire VoIP specialist and MSP PAETEC for $2.3 billion, in a move designed to expand the company’s footprint in the growing cloud market. Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of Windstream, issued a prepared statement that really says it all: “This transaction significantly advances our strategy to […]

CA Technologies: WatchMouse Acquisition Enforces Cloud SLAs

CA Technologies has made another strategic cloud-related acquisition. The latest deal involves CA buying WatchMouse B.V., which develops a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud, mobile and Web applications. The potential upside for VARs and MSPs is clear: It sounds like channel partners can use WatchMouse to monitor and enforce service level agreements (SLAs) with cloud […]

Cloud Sherpas Acquires New Zealand Google Apps Provider

Cloud Sherpas, a Google Apps Authorized Reseller and Talkin’ Cloud 50 member, has made its third acquisition of the summer in the form of WaveAdept, based in Wellington, New Zealand. The move marks Cloud Sherpas’s entry into the Asia Pacific market. The cloud service provider has also opened a Sydney, Australia, branch to help build […]

Cloud M&A: Citrix Acquires Cloud.com

Citrix has acquired Cloud.com, adding the CloudStack IaaS platform for service providers to a cloud portfolio that already includes Xen and NetScaler. Essentially, Citrix is looking to capitalize on the burgeoning cloud service provider marketplace, which it sees as worth $8 billion by the end of 2013. TalkinCloud’s been following Cloud.com closely for a while […]

Cloud Efforts Net Go Daddy $2.25 Billion Investment Deal

Domain registration and web hosting giant Go Daddy has entered into a strategic partnership and investment deal (don’t call it an acquisition) with KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but several reports place the Go Daddy investment at around $2.25 billion. It’s especially noteworthy since Go Daddy’s investors singled out […]

Cloud M&A: Dimension Data Acquires OpSource

Dimension Data, the $4.7 billion IT solutions provider arm of NTT Holdings, announced the acquisition of OpSource, the enterprise cloud company that took the No. 1 spot on the inaugural Talkin’ Cloud 50 list of top service providers. Dimension Data plans to integrate OpSource into its Cloud Solutions Business Unit, reporting directly to CEO Brett Dawson. […]

Cloud Sherpas Acquisition Extends Google Apps Biz to Midwest

Cloud Sherpas, the Google Apps Authorized Reseller with enough momentum to land it at No. 8 on the Talkin’ Cloud 50 by Cloud Revenue Dollar Growth chart, announced the acquisition of Kansas-based Beloit Solutions Group – the service provider’s second acquisition in June, and one that will extend its reach into what it calls the […]

Cloud M&A: 8×8 Acquires Zerigo for Cloud Management

Cloud solution provider 8×8 has announced the acquisition of Colorado-based Zerigo Inc., enabling the company to add virtual private servers, managed DNS services and monitoring tools for cloud-based servers to its portfolio – as well as a relationship with Salesforce.com-owned PaaS provider Heroku. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The major benefit of the acquisition, […]

Intermedia Acquires Zlago; Accelerates Cloud Channel Push

Intermedia, the hosted Exchange specialist, has acquired Zlago, a cloud services provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal, officially announced today, was actually part of Oak Hill Capital Partners‘ buyout of Intermedia last month. The Intermedia-Zlago business combination will potentially bolster Intermedia’s cloud channel strategy, which already includes nearly 7,000 MSPs and VARs. When […]

Google Apps Partner Cloud Sherpas Makes West Coast Buy

Cloud Sherpas, very likely the biggest independent Google Apps Authorized Reseller and solution provider, is building its momentum in the channel with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Google partner Omnetic. With the combined resources, Cloud Sherpas said it now has the largest concentration of Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialists short of Google itself. And that’s not to […]

Why Would VMware Acquire a Cloud Presentation Company?

Despite building momentum in the private and hybrid cloud space, VMware is best known as a virtualization technology developer. That’s why I was scratching my head for a few minutes when I found out VMware acquired SlideRocket, a cloud-based presentation tool. But on further reflection, this could turn out to be an inspired move for […]

CenturyLink-Savvis: Will Savvis Continue Cloud Partner Push?

Is 2011 the year of the cloud service provider acquisition? So far, yes. The latest example involves telecom giant CenturyLink buying cloud service provider Savvis for $2.5 billion plus $700 million in assumed debt. The big question for Talkin’ Cloud readers: Will Savvis continue to expand and grow its cloud channel partner program under CenturyLink’s […]

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

Highlights

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Citus Data Poised to Benefit Partners

Zix Takes Aim at Competitors with AppRiver Acquisition

AWS’ CloudEndure Buy Boosts Migration Chops

Penton Media Acquires Talkin’ Cloud and Nine Lives Media

Verizon Acquires CloudSwitch for Cloud Migration Technology

Acquia Expands Drupal Service Offerings Through Acquisitions

Windstream to Acquire VoIP Provider PAETEC for $2.3 Billion

CA Technologies: WatchMouse Acquisition Enforces Cloud SLAs

Cloud Sherpas Acquires New Zealand Google Apps Provider

Cloud M&A: Citrix Acquires Cloud.com

Cloud Efforts Net Go Daddy $2.25 Billion Investment Deal

Cloud M&A: Dimension Data Acquires OpSource

Cloud Sherpas Acquisition Extends Google Apps Biz to Midwest

Cloud M&A: 8×8 Acquires Zerigo for Cloud Management

Intermedia Acquires Zlago; Accelerates Cloud Channel Push

Google Apps Partner Cloud Sherpas Makes West Coast Buy

Why Would VMware Acquire a Cloud Presentation Company?

CenturyLink-Savvis: Will Savvis Continue Cloud Partner Push?

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